Being Black

Summary:

Allison Jones excels academically, but struggles with how her peers in her Brooklyn neighborhood pressure her for ?talking white.?

Website:

http://www.wnyc.org/radiorookies

Additional Credits and Funding:

This piece was edited by Karen Michel. The engineer was Wayne Shulmister

Tones:

Engaging, Real, Thoughtful

Language:

English

Description:

Allison spends her time in two very different Brooklyn neighborhoods: Brooklyn Heights where she works and goes to school, and Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bed-Stuy) where she lives with her family and gets teased for "talking white." Allison's friends at school accept her and her academic goals, but Allison feels the black people in her neighborhood conform to negative stereotypes and expect her to do the same. Before leaving both neighborhoods to go to Haverford College, Allison explores what it means to be black like her.

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